Systems documentation and MS Word

We have some MS Word files documenting troubleshooting steps for certain custom systems. Those documents use a convention to mark things like table names, class names, fields, etc in a certain font so that it stands out and the reader knows they were entered verbatim.

However, these items are rarely spell-checker friendly. This is really nit-picking, but I'd like to do one of a few things:

• Tell the word spell-checker to ignore words typed in this font
• Create a 'style' in word and tell the spell checker to ignore anything using the style
• Have an automated way to import systems name to the dictionary only for certain documents, such that the imported words are easy to keep up to date and preferably kept in a central place.

Really the last option seems best since then Word can help check for typos in those names, but I'd be happy with any of them. How can I do this? Or are there any other ideas on ways to handle the documentation?

From stackoverflow

• For Word 2003: create a style, then modify the style, select Format/Language, and check the checkbox "Do not check spelling or grammar".

  I don't believe you can associate a custom dictionary with a specific document.

  OregonGhost : Was about to post the same, so +1. As an addition, it's the same in Word 2007 :)

  Joel Coehoorn : Recently moved to 2007, and it took me a while to find the styles options. The reason: they're on the HOME toolbar, right in front of me. Imagine that. On the down-side there was extra pain finding them again. But now that I know where they are styles will be _much_ easier to work with in 2007.